Response To Wehler's Poem, 1941
The title of the poem, 1941, was the year when World War II emerged. The title itself flashes memories of how chaotic the world was. It uses communal words which interpreted easily by the readers, but at the same time symbolizes have broader explanation. The persona’s tone is desperate yet hopeful for her and her husband to earn a good life: to be rich, to have jobs, and to live in their own space.
I choose this poem because I want to live my life with the one I love even if in the middle of crisis. I believe that the poem is about the unbreakable love: physically and emotionally.
According to Wehler, Mary Ann, “Stone is saying their lust and love making caused their sense of touch and sound to be sensitive but the couple is "blind," not paying attention to what was going on in the world, not prepared.” (Wehler.2000) …show more content…
I may not experience it, but as my grandma said that it killed thousands of innocent people in their village.
"Now the Light/grows less." The war changes everything, "The air darkens with steel/ and smoke. The cracked world/ about to disintegrate,/ in the arms of my total happiness."
I choose this poem because I want to live my life with the one I love even if in the middle of crisis. I believe that the poem is about the unbreakable love: physically and emotionally.
According to Wehler, Mary Ann, “Stone is saying their lust and love making caused their sense of touch and sound to be sensitive but the couple is "blind," not paying attention to what was going on in the world, not prepared.” (Wehler.2000) …show more content…
I may not experience it, but as my grandma said that it killed thousands of innocent people in their village.
"Now the Light/grows less." The war changes everything, "The air darkens with steel/ and smoke. The cracked world/ about to disintegrate,/ in the arms of my total happiness."